CVE-2000-0650 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The default installation of VirusScan 4.5 and NetShield 4.5 has insecure permissions for the registry key that identifies the AutoUpgrade directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by replacing SETUP.EXE in that directory with a Trojan Horse.

Published: 2001-05-07

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:netshield:4.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:virusscan:4.5::windows_nt:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0646	The default installation of VirusScan 4.5 and NetShield 4.5 has insecure permissions for the registry key that identifies the AutoUpgrade directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by replacing SETUP.EXE in that directory with a Trojan Horse.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00094.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0007&L=ntbugtraq&F=&S=&P=2753
http://www.osvdb.org/1458
http://www.osvdb.org/4200
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1458
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5177

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Network Associates Netshield Virusscan

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:28:40.599Z

Reserved: 2000-08-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0650

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-07-11T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0650

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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